Zhang Zhu 張著

In Chapter 71 of the Romance, when Huang Zhong comes to Jiameng Pass with Xiahou Yuan's head to present his achievement, Xuande promotes him to General-in-Chief Who Conquers the West and holds a banquet. At this point the junior officer Zhang Zhu arrives and reports that Cao Cao is coming in person at the head of a great army of two hundred thousand to avenge Xiahou Yuan, and that Zhang He is moving provisions and fodder from Mount Micang to the foot of the Northern Hill on the Han River. When Kongming says that if someone penetrates deep into that territory and burns the provisions and fodder, Cao Cao's momentum will be broken, Huang Zhong volunteers, and Kongming has Huang Zhong go together with Zhao Zilong, sending Zhang Zhu with them as deputy general. Romance, Ch. 71 §33–35

Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun draw lots, and it falls to Huang Zhong to go first; they agree on noon as the deadline. Returning to his camp, Huang Zhong tells his deputy general Zhang Zhu that since he has beheaded Xiahou Yuan, Zhang He must have lost his nerve, and that he will leave only five hundred men to guard the camp and wants Zhang Zhu to assist him. They are all to eat their fill at the third watch, leave camp at the fourth watch and fight their way to the foot of the Northern Hill, first capturing Zhang He and then seizing the provisions and fodder. Zhang Zhu obeys, and that night, with Huang Zhong in front and Zhang Zhu following, they secretly cross the Han River and reach the foot of the Northern Hill. Romance, Ch. 71 §36–38

At sunrise, just as they are about to set fire to the provisions piled up like a mountain, Zhang He's troops arrive, and Xu Huang, on Cao Cao's orders, traps Huang Zhong in the middle of the encirclement. Zhang Zhu breaks out leading three hundred men and tries to return to camp, but Wen Pin blocks his way and Cao Cao's troops arrive from behind as well, surrounding him. When noon passes and Huang Zhong has not returned, Zhao Yun comes with three thousand men, rescues Huang Zhong and breaks out of the encirclement; when a soldier says that the troops surrounded to the southeast must be the deputy general Zhang Zhu, Zhao Yun, instead of returning to his own camp, charges to the southeast and rescues Zhang Zhu. Seeing Zhao Yun rescue Huang Zhong and then Zhang Zhu as well, Cao Cao flies into a rage and pursues in person at the head of his officers and men. Romance, Ch. 71 §39–40 · 43–44

When Zhao Yun, back at his own camp, leaves the camp gate open, lays down the banners and stands alone outside the gate, Cao Cao's pursuing troops turn back, and the bows and crossbows in the moat all shoot at once. Cao Cao is the first to turn his horse and flee, and his troops trample one another as they crowd onto the bank of the Han River, where countless men fall into the water and drown. Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Zhang Zhu each lead a detachment in hot pursuit, cutting them down, and when Liu Feng and Meng Da come by the Mount Micang road and burn the provisions and fodder, Cao Cao abandons the provisions and fodder at the Northern Hill and returns to Nanzheng. Zhao Yun occupies Cao Cao's camp, and Huang Zhong seizes the provisions and fodder. Romance, Ch. 71 §45–48